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USS Leedstown (APA-56) near the Norfolk Navy Yard, 19 August 1943.US National Archives,
RG-19-LCM, Photo No. 19-N-53218, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.

Mike Green

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USS Leedstown (APA-56) underway, circa mid-1943. This view was probably taken just after completion of the ship's conversion to an attack transport but before she embarked her landing craft.US Navy photo # NH 99047 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.

US Naval Historical Center

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USS Leedstown (APA-56) underway, 19 August 1943, location unknown. Circles on the photograph mark alterations, in this case the addition of life rafts.US Navy photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman.

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USS Leedstown (APA-56) at anchor, October 1943, location unknown.

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USS Leedstown (APA-56) underway off the California coast, 30 August 1945. Photographed from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station San Pedro, CA.US National Archives photo # 80-G-339875 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.

US Naval Historical Center

Merchant ServiceAmerican Export LInes

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Ex-USS Leedstown (APA-56) in commercial service as the American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines SS Exilona underway on the River Weser enroute to Bremen, Germany, October 1964